Ice conveyer



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" This invention relates generally to conveyers'and more particularlytoanice 1 Com j: v n l I i I I v is I V "andgC are connected ?by'm'a'nspf a' central veyer for feeding-the cakes; of; ice" froni thestorage house or compartment to; a platform" of the feed mechanismconnected with an ice r 'sooringniachine. ItYWillbedistinctlyun'derstood that this improved conveyer can be en pl'oyed inconnection with any type; of ice "scoring machine and i-islpreferablyoperated; W i i intended'to, be arranged and operated Within "60 :frcznthe same moto'nffl i In ice[storage housesor-compartments as usuallyconstructed 'th'effl'oor "1st of cork and approximately four feet inthickness gOne veyer can be loaded upon thefconyeyer' inside othersWhi'ch'yvillbe apparent as the descripof the objectsotmyiinvention',therefore;is Y to provide a devicethe installation ofwhich Will necessitate the removal'ofthe least quanftity of cork andanother object: of thein'veha tion is to provide 'aconveyer which Willhave these advantageous characteristicsand which will feed the-cake ofzic'e si'dewise in;--

stead of lengthwise as heretofore practiced so .that'moreiceperlinealfootjofithe conof the storage houseorcompartment.

With these bbjectsinyikew and certain tionproceeds the invention;consists in the noyel features -of"c0nstruction and in-gthe' m'anner ofcomblnlng or, arranging the same all of Which'will'be fullydescribedherein-' after andset forth in the appended. claims. In theacompanying drawings -iorming a part of this specification Fig.1 is atopplan View of anice conveyer embodying one form of my invention; FigJQ1's'a sectlonalfeleva tion'tak'en at the forward endlofthe device;

Fig.- 3 is a similanviewl at therear 'endof the device; Fig; 4 is asectional eley'ationtaken' at'the forward enjd'of the deVic'e a tapprOimately' right angles to the position shown in V "Fig; 2 andFigl 5 isjatransverse'sectional. v View on the line'5-5 of Fig; 11*

7 Referring particularly to thedrayvingsA' I I i V p I 'ito the floorand by'mean'sof-which the castindicates the floorot the storage zhouseo1 proper distance from the pit Bfther'e is produced a second pitCbutit-will' benoticed, by

fco paringi e 1t :much shallower than-the pit 1B .The p1 NeyerI employtwo endless chains GQGtrav- I journ'ale d-in-a bracket-casting L'Whichlis" ,fforinejd' with a suitableibase'an'd ho'lted to 3 i a.ifou'ndation L""l'ocated in the hottoinofithe' g j pit-B." Thiscasting"Lbesides servingias' T a'sto vConnpensate-forany slack oradjustment; necessary "inthe endless conveyor chainsG channel-way; D?and-side cha-nnel-.ways E E' i t eiplat f w c ma'yite pro; 1 .vi i h any"suitable: type of feeding;

scoring: niachine' or "elsewhere; 1': v 1; My Improved construct on ofcon mechanism forgcarryin gthe cakes of ice to; a

eyer. is; 1

ei Bana as 'e n lway z -i d' F g'svl and 51) and in constructingthisgcon-Q 'eling around sprockets fl H and 1."; The a 1 sprockets aremounteduponl'shafts'K,

bearingslfor the shafts (Whichl'not only 1, 1 carry thesprocke'ts Hbut'also'the" bevel i-gears N )',eproyides suitablehearijngs forthe ff[1 i sha'fts Q. carrying, theheveligears which 7 mesh with the'beyeljgears 7 "Thesefshafts O'Qalso "carry" sprockets 1Q; around whichtrayels an endless'chainlQ and upon the opposite s end of one of fthefshafts 0 .1mm is also mounted Y a sprocket Q around which travels the-link chain Qfigreceivihg motion frolnfasprocket Qf Whiohfmaybe'nountedfupon a jsc' shaft Q iextending -fromthe' i'cescOring' I chine orany other suitahle forin oit'appa ratus u r 1 It'willi'be notedfthatthebeai'ings for the I shafts,Kgare inclinedfthese shafts'conve rg j ingupwardlyas "shown so that the sprocketsv i he inclined andWilLConV'ergei downwardly.l

f- The sprockets'jlwhich'are arrangedfinthe I pitC are mountedupon thelends of shaftsK whicharefjournaled'fina cas ting'L secured v I? f tothe floor andloracedhy,meansofjiodsLtfkconnectedto angleibrackets L'alsofseeured L can be, adjusted back andfiiforthl so At the exit endoffthe conve yer-the plate verge downwardly the same asthe sprockets Theconveyer chains areprovided at definite intervals withupw'ardlyprojecting icepfeeding pins or flights R, and in practice I prefer toarrange channel-ways E, in the side channels E and a centrally disposed"channelway D in the central channel D and in which the lower, innerruns of the endless chains travel," i

S is arrangechsaid plate beiiigslotte'd from each side inwardlyasindicated at S andsis also formed with a central depending rib orflange S -At each side there is also arranged a, channel portion Scorresponding with the channel-ways D.

': The-sprockets are driven in'such directionz that theice-feedingflights carried by the outer runs will move forwardly andthese same flights during thereturn of the chain 'willofcourselmove',rearwardly, By virtue V of the inclination of'thcsprockets, the ice-.-

feeding flights of the outer runs will project above; the horizontalplane of the plate S and ontheirreturin movements willbe ca'rriedbe- I Alow this horizontal anama therefore will not interfere with the cakesfofice which are i being fed along the channel-ways and across be utilizedto move the cakes of ice sidewise of conveyer. j j I Obviously, thepresent invention is not re- I claim is:

the exit plates at the exit end 'of the conveyer. T r

By feeding the ice cakes side-wise instead of lengthwise as heretoforea: larger number of cakes can be fed along by the conveyor at the sametime; and by having the feeding flights arranged upon the outer runs ofthe chains, the contact with the cake ofice and whereby a larger numberof cakes can be conveyed from storage w th a given length stricted totherparticular, embodiment thereof herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, vwhat 1. In a device of the kinddescribed, a pair of endless conveyor chains provided with upwardly;projecting ice engaging means,

sprockets around which said chains travel,

said sprockets being inclined and having their adjacent edges convergingdownward- 1y,- said sprockets being so moved that the ice engagingineanscarried by the outer runs of the conveyerj chains will'projectabove a given horizontal plane and will be carried below said horizontalplane upon the return movements of said runs.

2. vIn a device of the kind described, the combination with two spacedbrackets, of a pair of sprockets carried by eachof said,

brackets, means for actuating said sprockets,

the sprockets of each pair being inclined so that their adjacent edgesconverge downward-1y, a pairf of endless chains traveling around saidsprockets, said chains having upwardly pro ect ng ice engaging flights,and'a channel-Way in which both the lower runs ofv the chains travel.

3." In a device of the kind described, the

combinationwith twospaced brackets, of a pair of sprockets carried byeach of said brackets, meanscarried by one bracket for actuating thesprockets thereon, the sprockets of each pair being inclined so thattheir adjacent edges converge downwardly, endlesschains traveling aroundsaid sprockets,

said chains having upwardly projecting ice engaging flights arranged atspaced polnts,

central and sidefchannel-ways 1n which the runs of the chains travel,said flights projecting above the-horizontal plane while moving throughthe side channel-ways and being wholly below said horizontal planewhile'traveling through the central channelway. Y V v v 4. In a-device .of thekind-described, the

combination with two spaced brackets,'of a pair of sprockets carried b'yeach'of said brackets, means carried by one bracket for actuating thesprockets thereon, the sprockets of each pairbeing inclined so thattheir adjacent edgesconverge downwardly, a pair of endless chainstraveling around said sprockets, said chains having upwardly projectingice engaging flights arranged at definite points, side channel-ways anda central channel-way in which-the runs of the chains travel, theflights projecting above a horizontal plane while the chains travel in,

the side channel ways and below'said horizontalplane when the runs ofsaidchains travel in the central channel-way, and a plate arranged atthe exit end of the conveyer, said platebeing slotted to permit themovement of the ice feeding flights.

5, In a device of the kind described, the a combination with a brackethaving. hori- I zontal shafts journaled therein, saidhorizontal shaftscarrying bevel gears and sprockets, inclined shafts also mounted in saidbracket, said inclined shafts carrying bevel gearsiat their lowerendsand sprocket wheels upon-their upper ends, a second bracket havinginclined shafts journaled therein, said inclined shafts having sprocketwheels upon their lower ends, endless chains travelingaround saidsprockets, said chains being providedwith upwardly rojecting ice J 7runs of'the chainftravel a plate at the exit e 7 said plate whenmovingin the opposite di ii'y I rection, the remote runs ofisaidspairofchains.

" runs of said pair of chains moving inthe op- I ets aboutwhich thechain istrained; said chainhaving a plurality oflipv'vardly rofloor andhas one run below'the floor andthe v i other run with the fiightsabovethe floor, the

end of'theconveyensaidplaterbeingslotted v to permit-the movement ofthe. ice-feeding jy; i 7 P e e o d n ed: bra k t nelad? 1 Y justahle;the chain 'conveyersprockets'being' I, so inclined that the ice feedingpins carried I .c vby the feeding runs ofsaid' ch'ains Will pro-,{fjectabove a horizontal plane and be -carried: below said plane upoii thereturn movement o'I saidruiis. .,J. V 6, Ina device of thekinddescribed, a plate I upon Which'a cake of icefcan'movem pair of; I,I endless chainsrforinovin'g said c ake ofice, I I "sprockets aroundwhich said chains trave1,l i lnclined shafts carrying said sprocketsand-171 so'positioned'that the adjacent edges ofsaid 1 j v sprocketsconverge} downwardly, icefengag y 7 ing means carried bysaid chains,said ice-em 1 c r 20 gaging meansvprojecting "above, the plate Whenmovingin one direction and beneath 'moving in one direction'fandthe;adjacent i posite direction and b'eneath'the'plate;7, i 7 7 Aconveyer' for ice cakes' andf-thelike V comprising an endless cIaiMYSPaCedSProck- -L jecting' ice engaging flights; the a xes of the L osprockets being inclined relative to th'e *v'erl tical s0 that'theentire chain conveyer fruns in a plane inclined relativesto'a horizontaltop and ends of. the conveyer beingjso .ar a ranged that ice cakes maybe passed onthe receiving end of-the conveyor and 01f vthe dis} 40charging end of the conveyer Withont-inter- V ference from the flights;andmeans for driving one of the sprockets tjojrunthe conveyer. 1 Intestimony Whereof,'I.hereunt0 aifix iny 'signature ,7 c I

